Shadwell Childcare Curriculum
At Shadwell Childcare our curriculum is one of celebration, imagination and inspiration. We celebrate the fascinations and interests of our children, their communities and cultural backgrounds and the different ways in which they learn. Our dedicated and qualified practitioners recognise and celebrate our children's developmental achievements, and as a team, work tirelessly to inspire further learning.
To achieve this, our ambitious curriculum focuses on the needs of the child and the opportunities and support they need to be provided with to flourish. Our first step is to help our children to feel safe and secure as they settle into the nursery-life and our practitioners use their knowledge of child development to quickly assess how best to support your little one as they explore our enabling environment.
At Shadwell Childcare the Early Years Foundation Stage provides the statutory framework in which we work to support your children as they learn with us, and together with tailored training and non-statutory tools such as Development Matters, we work to ensure that your children have the best possible support to reach their developmental goals.
Our curriculum is a responsive one, informed by the conversations, activities, interests and lives of our children. It is stimulating and exciting - we challenge the children to explore new activities and to practice new skills so that they learn to be confident and independent thinkers. The aim of our curriculum is to ensure that we have provided our children with the best possible opportunities to learn and practice the skills they will need to flourish as they make that all-important transition to "big school" . We would be delighted to welcome your little one on this journey.
Mini First Aid
In February Nicola came in to visit the children from Mini First Aid to teach us how to get help and help others.
The children met 'Ted' the Mini First Aid Bear and learnt what happened to their body if they injured themselves. They became Mini First Aiders treating Ted for a grazed paw and a bumped head. They also learnt the importance of shouting for 'help' and how to make an emergency 999 call if required.
All children took away a certificate and their very own Mini First Aid Freddie booklet!!
Eggs, Chicks & Ducks!
During May time of this year we had the pleasure of hatching some chicks and ducklings in our Bluebell and Sunflower Room.
The children learnt all about the lifecycle of the chicks/ducklings and how it would grow from being an egg in an incubator, keeping them safe and warm, to watching them hatch, feeding them and being given the opportunity hold them. The children loved every stage, and we were very sad to see them leave.
A Heartfelt Author Visits Our Nursery
We have a constant selection of books available, and our children absolutely adore listening to stories, sharing them with one another and discussing what they’ve read. Within nursery we discuss various aspects of books, including the front page, storyline, the 'blurb' what happens if... the characters, and the role of illustrators and authors.
The children listened to three different stories and shared their thoughts about what makes them feel happy, angry, or joyful. We had a fantastic time creating colourful hearts with glitter, and enjoyed seeing our reflections in the shiny stick-on hearts we made, Jo loved out artistic skills.
It was a really enjoyable morning, and we are incredibly grateful for Jo's visit. She complimented the children's questions and engaging discussions. It was lovely opportunity for children to learn a different aspect of books and emotions and feelings and where writing a book starts from.
Shadwell Childcare Curriculum
Each week we focus our learning on a specific sound, shape, number and book. This allows the children to have a deep and thorough understanding of concepts before moving on. Please find below our Learning of the week plan for the next coming weeks.
Children are encouraged to bring in an object
which is associated with the sound,
number or shape.
Sound - the item should begin with that phonetic sound; for example; 'A' could be Apple or Ant (but not A as in Angel). The children have an opportunity to listen to different sounds, try to sound them out and search for the letter sounds in their environment, at home or at nursery.
Numbers and shapes can be found in the environment, traffic signs (circle or triangle) or your front door number. We will explore how many sides a shape has, describe it, create things from different shapes and with numbers we will be forming the number, adding one on, taking one away and recognising the number.
Our book of the week allows us to discuss the story, what could happen…..why did it happen…. What sounds are there…. If you have anything to bring in relating to the book that would be wonderful.
Please click the VIDEO links (after the photos below) to watch our wonderful staff showing
you how we follow and explore our learning of the week.
Ready to join us?
As an established non-profit organisation, we use any additional finances available to enhance the setting allowing us to continually strive for excellence for all children, parents and staff. If you would like to join us, please return the session request form (available below in either WORD or PDF format) and we will contact you regarding a starting date and what sessions are available.
We are a very popular setting and you can use the session request form to add your details to the waiting list for future years. Please contact us if you have any questions or would like to arrange a visit, we would love to show you around our wonderful early learning environment.